Letters Pass as Bountygate Saga Is Far from Over, and More NFC South News

Both the league office and the NFL Players Association fired shots across the bow Monday in letters about the alleged bounty gate scandal.

According to the Times-Picayune, the NFL sent a letter to the NFLPA stating that the four players involved—Anthony Hargrove, Scott Fujita, Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith—have until the end of business Tuesday to let the league know they would like to meet with or submit information regarding their involvement, or lack thereof, in any pay-for-injury bounty program.

The NFLPA sent a letter to Roger Goodell Monday stating that the players still fight for their innocence and that they should have every right to see and cross-examine and evidence and witness that claim a bounty program existed in New Orleans.

If they players ask to meet with or present evidence to Goodell, the league office will make arrangements for a prompt hearing, and then judge in the case. If the players do nothing, Goodell and the league will make a decision on punishments for the players.